A former teacher arrested in a recent federal child pornography sting was arraigned on new charges Thursday, accused of fondling two teens while filming it.

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Former Newton Public Schools teacher David Ettlinger, 34, was arraigned in Suffolk Superior Court on two counts of aggravated assault, two counts of battery on a child under 14, two counts of posing a child in a state of nudity, and two counts of secretly photographing a nude or semi-nude person. He pleaded not guilty and was held on $110,000 cash bail.

Suffolk County prosecutors said that on two occasions in 2009, Ettlinger undressed the victims, identified as two girls both under the age of 14 at the time, while they slept. Prosecutors said Ettlinger fondled the first victim on her genitals and fondled the second one on her buttocks, and that he filmed both incidents.

In January, Ettlinger was indicted by a Middlesex grand jury on five counts of aggravated indecent assault and battery on a child under the age of 14, plus charges of posing a child in a state of nudity, posing a child in sexual conduct, possession of child pornography, and secretly recording a partially nude person.

Computers and digital media were seized from Ettlinger's Brighton home, and during the subsequent examination of these items, images and movies of Ettlinger sexually assaulting the underage female victim were found, prosecutors said.

While Ettlinger was employed as a teacher in Newton, the victim, a resident of Middlesex County, was not one of his students.

Ettlinger had been hired by her parents to care for her in her home.

Bail for Ettlinger was set at $50,000 at his January arraignment, and he was ordered to have no contact with the alleged victim or her family and no contact with children under 16. He is scheduled to be back in court on the Middlesex County charges on March 27.

Earlier this week, investigators said pictures of students at one of the Newton schools where Ettlinger once worked were discovered on his computer. The pictures were described by investigators as candid, but not pornographic, and no charges were filed. The parents of the students identified in the pictures were notified, investigators said.